VANCOUVER | The Canadian delivered another game that was not intended for people with heart problems last night at Rogers Arena.
In a game where the tide turned sideways on several occasions, the visitors lost an offensive festival 7-6 in overtime against the Vancouver Canucks.
Elias Pettersson gave the victory to the locals by taking advantage of a fall from defender Michael Matheson in the territory of the Canadian. The Swede jumped on a loose puck to thwart Samuel Montembeault with a nice feint.
It was an exciting match as can be. First, the Canadian took a four-goal lead in the first period. He was in full control of the game as he took advantage of the largesse of goalkeeper Spencer Martin.
Then the Canucks responded with five straight goals. The rout began with Connor Garland’s goal late in the second period.
The small forward took advantage of a blunder by the young Habs defenders to break the ice.
A tsunami
In the last minutes of the match, we witnessed a real rolling fire where the two teams exchanged three goals in the last five minutes.
“It was a game quite bizarre, underlined Martin St-Louis. We could have trailed 2-0, but Sam kept us in the game.
“It’s not easy to play against teams when you are leading 4-0. They will surely cheat more. We weren’t able to score the fifth goal. »
Once again, his players showed character in the third period. It came after a St. Louis timeout after the Canucks’ fifth goal.
“I liked the way they battled. It was an emotionally demanding match. In my opinion, there is so much more positive than negative in this meeting.
Solid Montembeault
Once again, Samuel Montembeault set the tone for his team. In the opening minutes of the game, the Canucks buzzed around his cage.
He made at least three big saves on threatening shots. These gave confidence to a private defensive brigade of Quebecer David Savard.
For the occasion, the order of the pairs was turned upside down a few hours before the match. We notably saw a duo composed of Arber Xhekaj and Jordan Harris.
Monahan falls in battle
For a second game in a row, head coach Martin St-Louis lost a big chunk along the way. Sean Monahan left the game in the second period.
He had to abdicate due to a lower body injury. It is possibly the same injury that almost caused him to miss his return to Calgary last week. We had seen him move with a protective boot before the duel against the Flames.
This injury had the effect of giving more minutes to the other center players in the third period. Christian Dvorak and Jake Evans evolved in turn with Juraj Slafkovsky and Josh Anderson.
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Ilya Mikheyev
The Russian striker had a big say in the Canucks’ comeback with two goals
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The Canucks goaltender was bad allowing four goals on the Canadian’s first eight shots He was removed from the game by his coach
First period
1-Mon: Cole Caufield (14) (Harris)7:49
2-Mon: Nick Suzuki (14) (Guhle)12:34
3-Mon: Sean Monahan (6) (Suzuki, Matheson)14:57
4-Mon: Michael Pezzetta (1) (Harris, Evans)16:17
Penalties: Schenn (Van) (served by Hoglander) 9:00, Xhekaj (Mon) (shift) 9:00, Schenn (Van) (shift) 9:00, Armia (Mon) 10:24, Boeser (Van) 12 :52
Second period
5-Van: Conor Garland (4) (Kuzmenko)16:44
6-Van: Ilya Mikheyev (7) (Pettersson, Boeser)18:28
Penalties: Penalty: Ekman-Larsson (Van) 12:58
Third period
7-Van: Bo Horvat (20) (Hoglander, Stillman)4:02
8-Van: Ilya Mikheyev (8) (Pettersson, Stillman)5:45
9-Van: Jack Studnicka (2) (Unassisted)8:49
10-Mon: Christian Dvorak (5) (Dadonov, Armia)15:23
11-Mon: Josh Anderson (6) (Unassisted)5:00 p.m.
12-Van: Andrei Kuzmenko (12) (Miller, Hughes)AN-18:35
Penalties: Penalty: Kovacevic (Mon) 18:28
Extension
13-Van: Elias Pettersson (12) (Unassisted)0:13
Punishments: No punishment
Shoot to the net
Montreal 11 – 8 – 7 – 0 – 26Vancouver 9 – 13 – 9 – 1 – 32
Guardians:
Mon: Samuel Montembeault (PP, 5-2-2) Van: Spencer Martin and Collin Delia (G, 1-0-0) (at 16:17 of the 1st period)
Numerical advantages:
Mon: 0 in 3, Van: 1 in 2
Referees:
Wes McCauley, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons, Ben O’Quinn
ASSISTANCE:
18,420
What we noticed…
A first for Pezzetta
In this attacking festival, we were treated to Michael Pezzetta’s first goal of the season. The forward played his best game of the year so far. He showed better commitment even though his playing time was not generous. He must continue in this vein.
Kuzmenko: a poison
Andrei Kuzmenko has been one of the great stories in the NHL since the start of the season. We saw a fragment of the extent of his talent during this meeting. The Russian scored the equalizer late in the third period.
Almost a home game
For this duel, we saw several Canadian jerseys in the stands. Moreover, the crowd seemed in favor of the visitors especially in the first period. It’s crazy how the Habs are still popular in Western Canada.
Slafkovsky sounded
Juraj Slafkovsky was ringing the bells in the first period by defender Luke Schenn. The Canadian’s first-round pick rose painfully. On the sequence, Arber Xhekaj came to his defense. After some medical examinations, the Slovak was able to return to the game.
Savard misses the duel
The Canadian had to manage without the services of David Savard. The Quebecer was injured in the upper body. We haven’t been able to find out if it was an injury that the defender had been dragging on for some time. It’s unclear if he’ll be able to play in Seattle tonight.